Latest New Zealand News Headlines

Police have arrested a man after he allegedly pointed a BB gun at a passing police car in South Dunedin this morning. A spokeswoman said police were alerted about 10.30am when a witness saw a man and woman travelling towards the...

A 25-year-old Northland man charged with cruelty to an animal after two hunting dogs died in a burning vehicle has been named.Waaka Moka, 25, appeared in the Kaitaia District Court today charged with arson, unlawfully taking a motor...

By-catch deaths of five Hector's dolphins in fishing nets off the Canterbury coast has prompted an order to fast-track work on a new protection plan for the nationally endangered species.The five dolpins were trapped in a commercial...

Resources other than oil and gas can be extracted and contribute to more sustainable future, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says.Ardern confirmed today that the Government was not looking at halting current permits as it considers...

Latest Technology Headlines from Around the Globe

Kiwi experts have urged people not to dismiss self-driving cars as unsafe after a person was killed by one for the first time this week.A self-driving Uber car killed a pedestrian, Elaine Herzberg, in the city of Tempe, Arizona,...

US stock indexes tumbled in afternoon trading on Monday, as a sharp drop in Facebook dragged technology companies down. The social media company is facing new criticism related to privacy issues following reports that a data mining...

We are deep into the tech bubble now. I remember the feeling from last time. It is like missing a train — a sense that everyone else is going somewhere extremely important and you're missing out.You can see this bubble in crypto-currencies...

Don't expect a grilling from R2D2, but your next interview might involve artificial intelligence, writes Caroline Bullock. When the boss of a pharmaceuticals firm scribbled "heels, red lipstick, good" on the CV of a woman he appointed...